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    hostage 的英语意思

    hostagehostage /ˈhɒstɪdʒ $ ˈhɑː-/ noun [countable] 查看全部语言翻译1someone who is kept as a prisoner by an enemy so that the other side will do what the enemy demands被敌方扣押、用以要挟对方满足其要求的人kidnap:  The group are holding two tourists hostage (=keeping them as hostages).该团伙正扣押两名游客作为人质(=把他们作为人质关押)。 a family taken hostage at gunpoint在枪口威逼下被劫为人质的一家人2be (a) hostage to something to be influenced and controlled by something, so that you are not free to do what you want受某事物影响和左右,以致无法自由行事:  Our country must not be held hostage to our past.我们的国家不能受过去的束缚。3a hostage to fortune something that you have promised to do that may cause you problems in the future已承诺之事,将来可能带来麻烦